The family of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said today they want to bury him in his hometown, but a security official vowed the terror leader who killed Jordanians in a triple hotel bombing would never be interred in Jordan.

ABU Musab al-Zarqawi rose from the life of a street thug in Jordan to become the symbol of ‘holy war’ in Iraq, masterminding the bloodiest suicide bombings of the insurgency, beheading hostages and helping push Iraq into a spiral of sectarian violence with vicious attacks against Shi’ites.

October 20, 1966: Born Ahmad Fadhil Nazzal al-Khalayleh in Jordan, part of Bani Hassan Bedouin tribe.

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi rose from the life of a street thug in Jordan to become the symbol of “holy war” in Iraq, masterminding the bloodiest suicide bombings of the insurgency, beheading hostages and helping push Iraq into a spiral of sectarian violence with vicious attacks against Shiites.

The terror leader blamed for executing and beheading hostages in Iraq is a nice man who could not kill women and children, his wife said today.